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colors such as blue, black, and red while as the girls were more of pinks and bright colors. Once I had started to look at these isles I noticed a lot of the toys are in fact gendered. I noticed that the girls isle has babies, lots and lots of baby dolls which should suggest that little girls are suppose to grow up to be mothers and take care of their babies. There were also lots of kitchen sets/dining ware that could be used to “make meals” like the easy bake oven for example. Making it seem…

All Barbie Dolls should be banned Ruth Handler came up with a clever business idea to create a doll called ‘Barbie’ which was first manufactured by the American toy-company ‘Mattel, Inc.’ and launched in March 1959. For over fifty years, the Barbie Doll has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market. Criticisms of Barbie are often centred on concerns that children consider Barbie a role model and will attempt to emulate her. That is why so many people, including me, share the same…

10/14/2015 BarbieQ’s Analysis The Barbie-Q story has two characters that are obsessed with their Barbie doll. Each of their Barbie is described to have their own flaw because they bought it from the toy store on the Halsted Street that burned down. The main issue implied in this story is the materialism and perfection in woman. The story begins with a few line describing the Barbie doll owned the characters, narrated by a little girl. The character describes the outfit of the Barbie to her…

on society. Barbie deserves to be in the charter round of inductees for the Pop Culture Icon Museum because let’s face it, who else can compete with Barbie? The Bratz Dolls, Polly Pockets, and the American Girl Dolls have all tried but they proved unsuccessful and fizzled out within a couple of years. It is now 2016 and Barbie dolls are still being bought left and right. She has proved that she can withstand the evolving culture. Being an icon and being famous are two…

Chakiya Jennings English 102 Toni Judnitch 4/17/15 Mirror, Mirror Mirror, mirror on the wall, why can’t I be a Barbie doll? Back in the 50’s women of a larger weight who had curves were more appreciated, but as time went on women started to get smaller and wanted to have bodies that were impossible to obtain what was known as the “Barbie figure”. Trying to obtain this look is a job in its self, Women are becoming more obsessed with having the perfect body. Since the media has put…

article Barbie Media by Mattel. Barbie has even run for president and won. When researching about Barbie I found many distasteful statistics. The article “Dying to be like Barbie” hit me hard because, although it makes a lot of great points, a Barbie doll shouldn’t…

In the poem “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy, the girl could not stand up for her own beauty and body standards. She wanted to change her herself because others saw she should change. For example, when she is being described, “She was healthy, tested intelligent, / possessed strong arms and back” (7-8). She had a fit body and was smart, but people thought a girl shouldn’t have the muscular body a man should have. Though she was healthy and smart, everybody believes that beauty is more important.…

and social activist have, in one way or another, embarked on the idea. In “Barbie Doll” by Marge Piercy and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin both authors portray the life of a woman judged by the world around her. Analyzing the way each author presents their argument, it becomes evident that the iconic image instilled in women causes their destruction. Poet Marge Piercy uses various devices throughout “Barbie Doll” to better communicate…

Pink When you hear the word “Barbie Doll” your mind is set to think about your favorite childhood toy. “Barbie Doll” is a powerful poem. People around the world are labeled by their appearance. The main purpose on why “Barbie Doll” is effective because it demonstrations the negative effects on labeling people by their appearance and also by society. Society constantly influences individual lives, especially the role of women. Barbie Doll is an example of judgments between her and others she…

Defined by Merriam-Webster as “matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them” (“Occult”), occultism is the study of mysterious or hidden wisdom. From the earliest practices, Occultists regarded the craft as esoteric and beyond the range of ordinary comprehension, utilized only by experienced individuals with specialized knowledge. Because of this purposeful secrecy, idealized depictions of supernatural practices is…